Aisled Barn approximately 50 metres to south-east of Butts Green Farmhouse (EHER 81319)

Early 15th century barn.

2015. Building survey. Barn C first appears on Bowen's map of 1760. The sales particulars of 1897 describe the present Barn C as having a slate roof, but the other buildings housing cows, horses (farm horses and riding horses) and other storage facilities were under thatch. The farm was sold to Essex County Council in 1909 and they subsequently let it to more than one tenant, finally selling it in 1981; it was probably for them that the majority of the farm buildings round the stockyard were demolished after 1950. Barn D is of the mid twentieth century and constitutes a distraction from the early 15th century Barn C, which is a good three-bay aisled barn which has been altered and has most of its wall studs replaced but retains all of its four principal truss timbers. It is not the best aisled barn in a county with about 150 of them (so far discovered) but it is nevertheless a decent heritage asset restricted in its historic interest by the loss of its roof structure. <1>